Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051
Solar eclipse of April 11, 2051 | |
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Type of eclipse | |
Nature | Partial |
Gamma | 1.0169 |
Magnitude | 0.9849 |
Maximum eclipse | |
Coordinates | 71°36′N 32°12′E / 71.6°N 32.2°E |
Times (UTC) | |
Greatest eclipse | 2:10:39 |
References | |
Saros | 120 (63 of 71) |
Catalog # (SE5000) | 9621 |
A partial solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Tuesday, April 11, 2051, with a magnitude of 0.9849. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
The umbral shadow of the Moon will pass just above the north pole of the Earth. It will be the largest partial solar eclipse in 21st century.[1]
The maximal phase of the partial eclipse (0.98) will be recorded in Barents Sea. The eclipse will be observed on the north-east of Europe and practically throughout in Asia, on north on Canada and Greenland and everywhere in US state Alaska.
Related eclipses[edit]
Eclipses in 2051[edit]
- A partial solar eclipse on April 11, 2051.
- A total lunar eclipse on April 26, 2051.
- A partial solar eclipse on October 4, 2051.
- A total lunar eclipse on October 19, 2051.
Metonic[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 23, 2047
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of January 27, 2055
Tzolkinex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of February 28, 2044
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of May 22, 2058
Half-Saros[edit]
- Preceded by: Lunar eclipse of April 5, 2042
- Followed by: Lunar eclipse of April 15, 2060
Tritos[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of May 11, 2040
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 11, 2062
Solar Saros 120[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of March 30, 2033
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of April 21, 2069
Inex[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of April 30, 2022
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of March 21, 2080
Triad[edit]
- Preceded by: Solar eclipse of June 10, 1964
- Followed by: Solar eclipse of February 9, 2138
Solar eclipses of 2051–2054[edit]
This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[2]
Solar eclipse series sets from 2051 to 2054 | ||||
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Descending node | Ascending node | |||
Saros | Map | Saros | Map | |
120 | April 11, 2051 Partial |
125 | October 4, 2051 Partial | |
130 | March 30, 2052 Total |
135 | September 22, 2052 Annular | |
140 | March 20, 2053 Annular |
145 | September 12, 2053 Total | |
150 | March 9, 2054 Partial |
155 | September 2, 2054 Partial |
Saros 120[edit]
This eclipse is a part of Saros series 120, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, and containing 71 events. The series started with a partial solar eclipse on May 27, 933 AD. It contains annular eclipses from August 11, 1059 through April 26, 1492; hybrid eclipses from May 8, 1510 through June 8, 1564; and total eclipses from June 20, 1582 through March 30, 2033. The series ends at member 71 as a partial eclipse on July 7, 2195. Its eclipses are tabulated in three columns; every third eclipse in the same column is one exeligmos apart, so they all cast shadows over approximately the same parts of the Earth.
The longest duration of annularity was produced by member 11 at 6 minutes, 24 seconds on September 11, 1113, and the longest duration of totality was produced by member 60 at 2 minutes, 50 seconds on March 9, 1997. All eclipses in this series occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit.[3]
Series members 50–71 occur between 1801 and 2195: | ||
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50 | 51 | 52 |
November 19, 1816 |
November 30, 1834 |
December 11, 1852 |
53 | 54 | 55 |
December 22, 1870 |
January 1, 1889 |
January 14, 1907 |
56 | 57 | 58 |
January 24, 1925 |
February 4, 1943 |
February 15, 1961 |
59 | 60 | 61 |
February 26, 1979 |
March 9, 1997 |
March 20, 2015 |
62 | 63 | 64 |
March 30, 2033 |
April 11, 2051 |
April 21, 2069 |
65 | 66 | 67 |
May 2, 2087 |
May 14, 2105 |
May 25, 2123 |
68 | 69 | 70 |
June 4, 2141 |
June 16, 2159 |
June 26, 2177 |
71 | ||
July 7, 2195 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Catalog of Solar Eclipses: 2001 to 2100". Eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ "NASA - Catalog of Solar Eclipses of Saros 120". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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